Personal Info
Birth date
1986-04-08 (39 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
اریکا سواجری
Erika Sawajiri
Biography
Erika Sawajiri (born April 8, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika. She was affiliated with Sony Music Entertainment Japan for her record label (formerly as Kaoru Amane and later Erika), and Stardust Promotion for her talent agency (with her real name, Erika Sawajiri) before her contract was terminated in late 2009. On September 10, 2010, it was announced that she signed with Avex label for talent management and music releases. She became popular after playing a girl who suffered from an intractable disease called spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the nonfiction drama 1 Litre of Tears.
Filmography
Followers
6.8
Overview:
When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IRL.First Class
6
Overview:
Chinami works at a fabric shop, dreaming of one day working in the fashion industry. By accident, she begins work in the editing section for a fashion magazine. Chinami believes her new job may open doors for her to new opportunities, but it turns out her new job is like working in a war zone with daily fights and competitiveness between the women who work there. Can Chinami survive in such a cutthroat environment?IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
7
Overview:
Tadashi Usobuki is a mysterious man with red eyes. He wears black suits with a wine-red shirt and possesses a special power which will drive people to their death through methods such as curses and brainwashing. However, it is impossible for his crimes to be proven in court, thus Usobuki cannot be taken to justice for the killings he did on behalf of his clients. Meanwhile, there is Tomoko Tada, a police detective and the only person who cannot be controlled by Usobuki.1 Litre of Tears
8.371
Overview:
1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25.Hotman
9.8
Overview:
Enzo, a school art teacher, is the pillar of a rather unusual family. He takes care of his 5-year-old daughter but does not know who her mother is, and he also lives with his four siblings whose fathers are all different. Enzo's daughter suffers from severe atopic dermatitis, so he throws himself into managing her diet to alleviate her condition. He is so determined to raise the little daughter well, he doesn't appear to have any spare time for a girlfriend. And yet Enzo finds himself drawn to Misuzu, a health teacher at his school. A light-hearted and romantic story of a man trying to find love and learn to be a father at the same time.Become a Mother
NYR
Overview:
In the spring, when Kashiwazaki Yui and her 3 years old son were coming back home from kindergarten, she let go of her son's hand for a moment and then he was gone. 9 years later, her son appears in front of her again.Welcome to Our Home
8
Overview:
Kurata Kenta lives with his father, Taichi, his mother, Keiko, and his younger sister, Nana in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kurata Kenta possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while waiting for the train, Kenta warns a man who pushed a woman and cut in line. Kenta is surprised that he spoke out with his normally timid personality. After that incident, Kenta's family home is targeted by an unknown person with flowers from their garden being pulled out and the seat of a bicycle being torn. Also, Kenta's younger sister Nana is stalked by her ex-boyfriend. Kenta and his family try to find out who is responsible. This mini series is based on the novel "Yokoso Wagaya e" by Jun Ikeido.A Song to the Sun
7.6
Overview:
Amane Kaoru lives a night life, not because she wishes so, but because she is infected with the xeroderma pigmentosum virus. This virus defects the ability to repair damage caused by the sun's rays. Although she cannot expose her body to the sunlight, she dreams of becoming a singer, even if remaining positive has been ruined many times due to her illness. One night, playing outside, she meets Fujishiro Kouji, who has lost his job and hope, and becomes someone who reminds him of his long forgotten music passion.Hagetaka
NYR
Overview:
During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized for being a vulture. He tries to buy a bank and another company that are experiencing financial depression.Ooku: Saikyou no Onna / Higeki no Shimai
1
Overview:
Sawajiri Erika acting as different Edo-era concubines in each episode.Tengoku e no Ouenka Cheers
NYR
Overview:
A teenage girl has to decide if she is capable of being captain of the school's cheerleading squad.Papa for One Summer
NYR
Overview:
A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked when she finds someone very different from the father she envisioned. Her father, Shinpei, a 38-year-old would-be private detective, is shocked too, and doesn’t believe her until he sees the paperwork. With Marimo muttering “The worst father in the world” and Shinpei lamenting the loss of his freedom, these two are about to learn how difficult and rewarding a father/daughter relationship can be.Ghost Train
4.8
Overview:
On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, Nana's younger sister is lost, and the only possibility seems to be that she had been taken by these spirits. The missing tracks. The predictions that a mysterious woman makes.Helter Skelter
6.6
Overview:
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.Ashura
5.143
Overview:
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.Shinjuku Swan II
5.091
Overview:
Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
6.5
Overview:
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
7.1
Overview:
At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of suggestion and the arrangement of events. He accepts these requests, all the while privately mocking the foolishness of those whose unwise wishes he grants.Million Dollar Man
6
Overview:
A man, who is repaying a 30 million yen debt left by his brother, wins the 300 million yen lottery. He grapples with the question of whether money can buy him happiness.No Longer Human
6.2
Overview:
The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.Pacchigi!
6.2
Overview:
Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean girls. He makes a narrow escape, but soon after, he and his best bud Yoshio are sent by their home-room teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game as a way of restoring the peace.Eating Women
7.4
Overview:
Follows the daily lives of 8 women with different backgrounds through what they eat and whom they date.The Letters
6.533
Overview:
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.Cheers Heaven
NYR
Overview:
Teenage girl has to decide if she is capable of being captain of the school's cheerleading squad. Suddenly the team lost the support and inspiration.Clock Store's Girl
NYR
Overview:
The story is about the emotional and spiritual exchange between an elderly watchmaker and a cheerful and kind young woman who lost her mother in the tsunami of the Great Tohoku Earthquake. The woman asks the watchmaker to repair a wristwatch, which is a precious memento left her by late mother.Shinjuku Swan
5.6
Overview:
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.Mondai no Nai Watashitachi
NYR
Overview:
Mio Sasaoka hears of a middle school student that was a victim of bullying and then committed suicide. Mio thinks the girl should have confronted her tormentors rather than committing suicide. Mio herself is the leader of a group of students at her school. She is a bully. Her main target is Maria Shiozaki who is weak. Mio pushes her into the swimming pool and scribbles on her book, justifying her actions because Maria is disagreeable.悪女について
NYR
Overview:
Erika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title implies that it is a story of a “wicked woman,” the original novel was divided into 27 chapters, one for each “testimony” by someone who knew Kimiko at some point in her life, providing a range of perspectives on what kind of person Kimiko was. ~~ Adapted from 1978 novel series "Akujou ni Tsuite" by Ariyoshi Sawako.Acting
2020Followers (9 Episodes) as Erika Sawajiri
2019No Longer Human as Shizuko Ota
2019The Great White Tower (5 Episodes) as Keiko Hanamori
2018Million Dollar Man as Towako
2018Eating Women as Keiko Komugita
2018Hagetaka (8 Episodes) as Takako Matsudaira
2018The Cat in Their Arms as Saori Oishi
2018IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE as Tomoko Tada
2017IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE (4 Episodes) as Tada Tomoko
2017Become a Mother (10 Episodes) as Kashiwazaki Yui
2017Shinjuku Swan II as Unknown
2016Seeing with the Heart as Arai Mayumi
2016Ōoku as Unknown
2016Ooku: Saikyou no Onna / Higeki no Shimai (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2015Shinjuku Swan as Ageha
2015Welcome to Our Home as Asuka Kandori
2015Welcome to Our Home (10 Episodes) as Asuka Kandori
2014First Class as Chinami Yoshinari
2014First Class (20 Episodes) as Chinami Yoshinari
2013Clock Store's Girl as Miyahara Ryo
2013L et M: The Reason I Love You, Other Stories as Eru / Emu
2012Helter Skelter as Lilico
2012悪女について as Tomikoji Kimiko/Suzuki Kimiko
2007Closed Note as Kae Horii
20071 Litre Of Tears SP as Aya Ikeuchi
2006The Letters as Yumiko Shirai
2006Angel's Ladder as Unknown
2006Angel's Egg as Natsuki Saito
2006Ghost Train as Nana Kimura
2006Sugar & Spice as Noriko Watanabe
2006A Song to the Sun (10 Episodes) as Kaoru Amane
2006The Mamiya Brothers as Naomi Honma
20051 Litre of Tears (11 Episodes) as Aya Ikeuchi
2005Shinobi: Heart Under Blade as Hotarubi
2005The Winds of God as Unknown
2005Ashura as Yachi
2005Pacchigi! as Kyung-ja Lee
2004Mondai no Nai Watashitachi as Maki Shintani
2003Papa for One Summer (10 Episodes) as Satsuki
2003Cheers Heaven as Unknown
2003Tengoku e no Ouenka Cheers (1 Episode) as Akikawa Yukari
2003Hotman (24 Episodes) as Satsuki Akikawa
2003North Point - Friends as Unknown
2002Visual Queen of 2002 as Unknown